Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Join host Beth Johnson on SETI Live as she talks with Dr. Eric Boyd from the University of Montana about a groundbreaking discovery: microbes that can breathe in two ways at once! These extraordinary bacteria simultaneously perform both aerobic (oxygen-based) and anaerobic (sulfur-based) respiration, challenging everything we thought we knew about cellular life.
Discover how this incredible metabolic flexibility reshapes our understanding of life on Earth, inspires biotechnology innovations, and even informs the search for extraterrestrial life.
🔬 Featured Research:
Quanta Magazine overview: quantamagazine.org/the-cells-that-breathe-two-ways-20250723
Original study: nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56418-4
Dr. Boyd's website: geoboydology.com
đź’ˇ Learn how microbes survive extreme environments and why this discovery matters for science and space exploration.
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Join host Beth Johnson on SETI Live as she talks with Dr. Eric Boyd from the University of Montana about a groundbreaking discovery: microbes that can breathe in two ways at once! These extraordinary bacteria simultaneously perform both aerobic (oxygen-based) and anaerobic (sulfur-based) respiration, challenging everything we thought we knew about cellular life.
Discover how this incredible metabolic flexibility reshapes our understanding of life on Earth, inspires biotechnology innovations, and even informs the search for extraterrestrial life.
🔬 Featured Research:
Quanta Magazine overview: quantamagazine.org/the-cells-that-breathe-two-ways-20250723
Original study: nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56418-4
Dr. Boyd's website: geoboydology.com
đź’ˇ Learn how microbes survive extreme environments and why this discovery matters for science and space exploration.
📺 SETI Live is a weekly livestream from the SETI Institute, featuring researchers and discoveries that deepen our understanding of the universe—and our place within it.
If you like science, support the SETI Institute! We're a non-profit research institution focused on understanding the nature and origins of life in the universe. 💸 Donate here: seti.org/donate
Learn more about the SETI Institute and stay up-to-date on awesome science:
🛎 Subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/c/SETIInstitute
🕹 Watch our streams over on Twitch at twitch.tv/setiinstitute
🎧 Listen to our podcast feeds.libsyn.com/462636/rss
📧 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter seti.org/signup
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